, 1887-12-15
DISTRICT COURT.
Sentence Passad on a Number Of
Guilty Parties.


During the morning session OF the
court the jury in the case of Campbell
and Mccullough for assault on DIR.
Whitehouse, brought in verdict of
guilty against Campbell but acquitted
Mccullough.
b. II. Dettmer and j. +. Deithrich
pleaded guilty to keeping a gambling
house and each were fined 500 and
cOsts.
l.. B. Written and John N. Squier
pleaded not guilty to the charge of
OF maintaining public nuisances.
At the beginning of the afternoon
session Wickwire appeared before the
court and plead guilty to keeping "a
gambling house. The judge reminded
him that at the last term he had been
fined for the same oiIense and warned
to desist. AS the defendant had no
excuse to offer for not having regarded
this warning the court imposed fine
of 5000 and costs, and warned the
defendant that for another ohense of
the same kind the heaviest penalty al.
lowed by the law would be imposed.
The Cinnamon found guilty of lar
ceny were then brought in to receive
sentence. Long All Shun, the younger
man looked sheepish, but Dong Chong
was u picture of misery and seemed ut
terly cast down. When asked by the
court ii they had anything TO say why
sentence should not be passed on them,
Long All Shun, who during the trial
seemed to understand English quite
well, signiiied that he did not under
stand. Murray then tried to explain
the situation, but the Monaghan sim
ply shook his head and muttered, "no
understand" Douglas tnen made the
same attempt, and with some forcible
language and GESTURES cllicited from
the prisoner that he was good boy
and did not want to go to Jail.
Douglas then asked permission to
address the court in favor of Dong
Chong. He stated that he had talked
with the prisoner through an interpre-
ter on several occasions, and was
convinced that the man was not bad
at heart, but had yielded to temp
tation of more than ordinary strength.
The prisoner is sixty-one years old and
has in China wife and three children.
The evidence showed that he had been
going in and out Of the tent where the
money was kept for month before
the theft and could have taken it ut
any time, but he resisted the tempta-
ton until II companion worked upon
his desire to so back to China and
offered him half of the stolen gold.
On these grounds Douglas asked for
mercy for Dong Chong. Murray, who
had defended Long All Shun, then
rose and in very humorous speech,
which was too much for the gravity
of both lawyers and judge, objected to
the manner in which Douglas had laid
the blame of the transaction on his
(Murray's) client. In passing the sen.
tence the judge stated that he thought
there were several palliating circum-
stances to be taken into consideration,
such as the great temptation TO which
the prisoners had been exposed, their
ignorance and the low class of society
to which they belong. In view of all
these circumstances he fixed their
penalty At eighteen months in the
penitentiary. -
Hyde then brought motion in be-
half of the Siegel's, that the prosecu,
ton be- com PEELED to furnish them
with bill of particulars of the acts
charged against them in the
Indictment. The motion was over.
ruled.
Hyde then stated that he WAS pre-
pared to make affidavit that in oil
probability Mrs. O'Brien could secure
bail TO the amount Of $500, and moved
that the amount in which she is held
be reduced to that figure. Jones op-
posed the motion but the Judge grant
ed it.
The court then adjourned TO Mon
day morning when the Siegel case will
come up for trial.